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Is It True Vegetarians Live Longer?

By |June 5, 2013|Categories: Advice, Breaking News, Psychology, Retirement Planning|Tags: , , , , , |

According to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, vegetarians live longer lives than meat eaters. But is it really because they don’t eat meat?

Expansive, Long Term Study

Numerous studies have shown links between a vegetarian diet and a healthier, longer life. However, the correlations have been weak and there has been much skepticism about the claims.

Researchers from Loma Linda University in California dug a little deeper to see if this correlation was in fact accurate. Their study followed the dietary patterns of nearly 75,000 Seventh-day Adventists, both men and women, for a period of about 6 years in an[…]

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